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by edge17 10y ago
It's not just trade laws, there are also laws about employment across borders, taxation across borders, etc.
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Fantastic series
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Should be noted that M-Pesa wasn't a brilliant idea, it was the formalization of an already existing behavior in the market. That behavior was to pay for small things (like a drink at a bar) with cellphone minutes because cellphone min
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speaking of internet memory... in case anyone was confused, this is from 2013 - https://www.wired.com/2013/05/nsa-manual-on-hacking-internet...
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Ask HN: It's 2016, what software/tools do you use to write your resume?
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True, though there's a lot of this going on in just the Indian population as well. Generally, people tend to eat more meat as incomes rise. That is true in the west as well as the east.
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I'm not following... I would assume at the very least the top guy at the NSA has a full view of all operations. As the top intelligence officer, I would assume it's his job to know where all the tentacles are?
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Maybe this is a dumb question, but within the whole of the intelligence community, who/how many people actually see how big the surveillance operation is? Is it just the one guy at the top of the NSA that knows about all the eyes and e
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The FBI seems to be overtly validating the power-drunk law enforcement officer theme that's been entering the public consciousness in the law few years.
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To be fair, it was also culture changing because it was required reading for a lot of schoolchildren.
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Many other countries have 'Skynet' programs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet
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I had a good deal of insight into how this played out at the very top. Behind closed doors there's actually support in a lot of good places, but there is quite a lot of political posturing from people that have a stake in the nationali
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The issue there is, in the process of not getting f--ed by a US corporation are they not getting f--ed by their own government? There are a whole lot of people making judgements based purely on numbers, but poverty when you see it isn'
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The problem with this sort of nationalism is that it's all talk. No one offers an alternative solution, so the poor continue to be poor. This attitude is what creates trade barriers and protectionist policies, and India won't solv
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Somewhat sad to see given the high profile McCarthy era cases that placed staff and faculty in the UC system front and center in the 40's and 50's. Saying "we have no interest" is somewhat ambiguous; it is after all publ
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IBM always seems to be in the process of shifting it's strategy. When I was there around 2006/7, they were in the process of cutting down on R&D, reducing it's footprint in the hardware space, and generally moving towards
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by edge17 11y ago
I know next to nothing about this sort of stuff, but when I was in Nepal even the best stuff was incredibly low quality compared to Californian stuff. I think in California, we spend a lot of time cultivating and perfecting cannabis.
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I think touchscreens will become more versatile as they evolve. This is a good read - http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesi...
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>>Literature has been shown to increase empathy Link?
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wow, thanks for sharing that story.
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While I understand your point, this does still happen with competitors products.
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cool. how come after a while i run out of ammo or something?
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>>China’s domestic mining output grew by an incredible 2,964 % from 1976 until 2014 interesting reading
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>>Its very hard to run these businesses if you play by fair rules and don't cheat. Yes, exactly why the taxi industry has survived despite not innovating. Their protected status (your idea of 'play by fair rules and don&#x27
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If you don't mind me asking, where did your grandfather grow up that that was a thing?
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I know of folks that have gone to prison for illegally passing non-streetlegal cars with modifications for california's mandatory smog testing. I'm not a legal expert, but does this sort of thing allow them to get a new trial sin
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@sago There's a fair amount of this going on rightnow, that is, using mobile games to address anxiety. Partly because your phone is always there and having treatment options outside the hospital have historically been limited. Psychiat
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excellent article
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The "validity of the ticket" is determined by rules set forth by the city and the MTA. It also establishes the grounds for invalidity of a ticket. That's not taking advantage of the system, that's applying the system. Th
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I got a ticket once for not turning my wheels on 2nd between Townsend and Brannan. The law is your wheels must be turned if the grade is greater than 3%. The grade, according to the department of public works, is 3.09% ( http://bs

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